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{{use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2017-18 Ranji Trophy Group A
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate = {{start date|2017|10|6|df=y}}
| todate = {{end date|2017|11|28|df=y}}
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, awarded to the winners
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| host = {{flag|India}}
| champions =
| count =
| participants = 7
| matches =
| most runs =
| most wickets =
| website =
| previous_year = 2016–17
| previous_tournament = 2016–17 Ranji Trophy
| next_year =
| next_tournament =
}}
{{2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season}}
The [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy]] was the 84th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]], the [[first-class cricket]] tournament in India. It was contested by 28 teams divided into four groups, each containing seven teams.<ref name="84th">{{cite news |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/reports-ranji-trophy-back-home-away-format-bcci |title=Reports: Ranji Trophy to be back to its home and away format as per the BCCI |publisher=Sportskeeda |date=29 July 2017 |accessdate=30 July 2017}}</ref> The top two teams from Group A progressed to the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy#Quarter-finals|quarterfinals]] of the competition.<ref name="prog">{{cite news |url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/96189/bcci-reverts-to-home-and-away-format-for-ranji-trophy |title=BCCI reverts to home and away format for Ranji Trophy |publisher=CricBuzz |date=1 August 2017 |accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> Both of [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]'s first two matches were abandoned due to rain.<ref name="Hyd-ab">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1124043.html |title=Karnataka, Delhi snatch full points |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=17 October 2017 |accessdate=17 October 2017}}</ref> Following the conclusion of the sixth round of fixtures, both [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] and [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] had progressed to the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy#Knockout stage|knockout stage]] of the competition.<ref name="KD">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21484829/karnataka,-delhi-confirm-passage-knockouts |title=Karnataka, Delhi confirm passage to knockouts |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=20 November 2017 |accessdate=20 November 2017}}</ref>

==Teams==
The following teams were placed in Group A, based on their average points in the previous three years:<ref name="Groups">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1117722.html |title=Duleep Trophy scrapped from 2017-18 calendar |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=25 August 2017 |accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref>

* [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
* [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
* [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
* [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
* [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
* [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]

==Points table==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team<ref name="Points">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/8050/season/2017/ranji-trophy |title=Ranji Trophy Table - 2017–18 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=28 November 2017 |accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref>
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|A|Abandoned}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:40px;"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''32''' || +0.479
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || '''27''' || +0.333
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 6 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || '''16''' || +0.084
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 6 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || '''16''' || –0.156
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 6 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 0 || '''14''' || –0.312
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 6 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 1 || '''5''' || +0.508
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 6 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 0 || '''2''' || –0.977
|}
{{plainlist|
* {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Top two teams advanced to the [[2017–18 Ranji Trophy#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]}}

==Fixtures==
===Round 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 6–9 October 2017
| team1 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 258 (95 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Swarupam Purkayastha]] 66 (133)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ishant Sharma]] 5/38 (20 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 435 (135.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Gautam Gambhir]] 137 (249)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Abu Nechim]] 7/68 (23.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 255 (108.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sibsankar Roy]] 87 (222)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Manan Sharma]] 3/58 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 49/2 (8 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Unmukt Chand]] 25[[not out|*]] (22)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Krishna Das (cricketer)|Krishna Das]] 2/22 (4 overs)

| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan]] and [[Krishnaraj Srinath]]
| motm = [[Gautam Gambhir]] (Delhi)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118612.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Kulwant Khejroliya]], [[Anuj Rawat]] (Delhi) and [[Rahul Singh (cricketer, born 1997)|Rahul Singh]] (Assam) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 6–9 October 2017
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 =
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| wickets-team1-inns1 =

| score-team2-inns1 =
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| score-team2-inns2 =
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| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = No toss.
| umpires = [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]] and [[Virender Sharma]]
| motm =
| rain = No play was possible due to rain.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118613.html Scorecard]
| result = Match abandoned
| notes =
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 6–9 October 2017
| team1 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 182 (76 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ashish Yadav (cricketer)|Ashish Yadav]] 53[[not out|*]] (85)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ankit Rajpoot]] 3/30 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 250 (85.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Akshdeep Nath]] 75 (160)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Anureet Singh]] 3/42 (22 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 161 (63.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Arindam Ghosh (cricketer)|Arindam Ghosh]] 57 (160)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ankit Rajpoot]] 4/34 (19.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 72 (26 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Suresh Raina]] 29 (44)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ashish Yadav (cricketer)|Ashish Yadav]] 4/26 (9 overs)

| venue = [[Ekana International Cricket Stadium]], [[Lucknow]]
| toss = Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Saiyed Khalid]] and [[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|Nand Kishore]]
| motm = [[Ashish Yadav (cricketer)|Ashish Yadav]] (Railways)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118614.html Scorecard]
| result = Railways won by 21 runs
| notes = [[Kartik Tyagi]] and [[Zeeshan Ansari]] (Uttar Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
* Railways defended a total of 94 in the fourth innings, the second-lowest successfully defended target in the history of the Ranji Trophy.<ref name="Railways94">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1123311.html |title=Railways defend small target as UP crumble for 72 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=8 October 2017 |accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>
}}

===Round 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–17 October 2017
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 =
| runs-team1-inns1 =
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| score-team2-inns1 =
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| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad|Gymkhana Ground]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = No toss.
| umpires = [[Pashchim Pathak]] and [[Amiesh Saheba]]
| motm =
| rain = No play was possible due to rain.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118625.html Scorecard]
| result = Match abandoned
| notes =
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–17 October 2017
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| team2 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 447 (144.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Manan Sharma]] 136 (216)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Anureet Singh]] 4/92 (34 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 136 (59.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Shivakant Shukla]] 29 (99)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Manan Sharma]] 4/50 (19 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 206 (78.5 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Nitin Bhille]] 72 (204)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Vikas Mishra]] 4/37 (19.5 overs)

| venue = [[Karnail Singh Stadium]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Belur Ravi]] and [[Chirra Ravikanthreddy]]
| motm = [[Manan Sharma]] (Delhi)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118626.html Scorecard]
| result = Delhi won by an innings and 105 runs
| notes = [[Himmat Singh (cricketer)|Himmat Singh]] (Delhi) made his first-class debut.
* [[Manan Sharma]] (Delhi) scored his maiden first-class century.<ref name="Hyd-ab"/>
}}

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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 14–17 October 2017
| team1 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 145 (59.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Gokul Sharma]] 55 (114)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shreyas Gopal]] 3/43 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 469/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (126.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Krishnappa Gowtham]] 149 (170)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Arup Das]] 4/113 (41 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 203 (73.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Gokul Sharma]] 66 (124)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Vinay Kumar]] 4/31 (14.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[JSS Science and Technology University|Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering Ground]], [[Mysore]]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Umesh Dubey]] and [[Nitin Pandit]]
| motm = [[Krishnappa Gowtham]] (Karnataka)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118624.html Scorecard]
| result = Karnataka won by an innings and 121 runs
| notes = [[Krishnappa Gowtham]] (Karnataka) scored his maiden first-class century.<ref name="Gowtham100">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118625/ |title=Karnataka, Delhi eye bonus-point wins |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=16 October 2017 |accessdate=16 October 2017}}</ref>
}}

===Round 3===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 October 2017
| team1 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 312 (106.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ankit Bawne]] 119 (223)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 7/110 (42.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 271 (82.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Eklavya Dwivedi]] 71 (131)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chirag Khurana]] 6/53 (22.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 282/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (84 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rahul Tripathi]] 91 (121)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 4/105 (36 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 292 (68 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Rinku Singh (cricketer)|Rinku Singh]] 122 (136)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Chirag Khurana]] 131 (34 overs)

| venue = [[Ekana International Cricket Stadium]], [[Lucknow]]
| toss = Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] and [[Krishnamachari Srinivasan]]
| motm = [[Chirag Khurana]] (Maharashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118637.html Scorecard]
| result = Maharashtra won by 31 runs
| notes = [[Vineet Panwar]] (Uttar Pradesh) and [[Jagdish Zope]] (Maharashtra) both made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 October 2017
| team1 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| team2 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 244 (93.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Tarjinder Singh]] 43 (139)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Deepak Bansal]] 4/61 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 483/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (138.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Arindam Ghosh (cricketer)|Arindam Ghosh]] 109 (192)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dhiraj Goswami]] 2/93 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 55 (32.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Kunal Saikia]] 16 (55)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Anureet Singh]] 5/28 (13.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Barsapara Stadium|Barsapara Cricket Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
| toss = Railways won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Saiyed Khalid]] and [[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|Nand Kishore]]
| motm = [[Anureet Singh]] (Railways)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118638.html Scorecard]
| result = Railways won by an innings and 184 runs
| notes = [[Anureet Singh]] (Railways) took his fifteenth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="Anureet15">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118638/day/4/ |title=Railways snatch full points with Anureet's five |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=27 October 2017 |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 24–27 October 2017
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 183 (62.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Stuart Binny]] 61 (88)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammed Siraj]] 4/42 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 136 (64.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kolla Sumanth]] 68 (150)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shreyas Gopal]] 5/27 (9.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 332 (105.4)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Karun Nair]] 134 (229)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mehdi Hasan]] 5/88 (36 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 320 (109.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Bavanaka Sandeep]] 80 (205)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Shreyas Gopal]] 4/91 (18.4 overs)

| venue = [[KSCA Navule Stadium]], [[Shimoga]]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]] and [[Pashchim Pathak]]
| motm = [[Karun Nair]] (Karnataka)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118636.html Scorecard]
| result = Karnataka won by 59 runs
| notes =
}}

===Round 4===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1–4 November 2017
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 474/9[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (151 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ambati Rayudu]] 112 (189)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Manish Rao]] 3/76 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 246 (94.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Anureet Singh]] 60 (95)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ravi Teja (cricketer)|Ravi Teja]] 5/49 (18.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 23/0 (5.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Tanmay Agarwal]] 15[[not out|*]] (16)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 250 (72 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Manish Rao]] 85[[not out|*]] (128)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mehdi Hasan]] 4/35 (17 overs)

| venue = [[Karnail Singh Stadium]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Railways won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Stephen Harris (umpire)|Stephen Harris]] and [[Pashchim Pathak]]
| motm = [[Ravi Teja (cricketer)|Ravi Teja]] (Hyderabad)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118650.html Scorecard]
| result = Hyderabad won by 10 wickets
| notes = [[Manish Rao]] (Railways), [[Rohit Rayudu]] and [[Ravi Teja (cricketer)|Ravi Teja]] (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1–4 November 2017
| team1 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| team2 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 245 (55 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rahul Tripathi]] 120 (114)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Vinay Kumar]] 6/59 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 628/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (176 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mayank Agarwal]] 304[[not out|*]] (494)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chirag Khurana]] 3/147 (39 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 247 (66.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]] 65 (130)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Abhimanyu Mithun]] 5/66 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire)|Abhijit Deshmukh]] and [[Martin Saggers]]
| motm = [[Mayank Agarwal]] (Karnataka)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118648.html Scorecard]
| result = Karnataka won by an innings and 136 runs
| notes = [[Dega Nischal]] (Karnataka) made his first-class debut.
* [[Mayank Agarwal]] (Karnataka) scored his maiden [[List of Ranji Trophy triple centuries|triple century]] in first-class cricket.<ref name="Agarwal300">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118648/day/3/ |title=Agarwal's triple-century sinks Maharashtra |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 November 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref> It was also the 50th triple century scored in first-class cricket in India.<ref name="Fifty300">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21154978/triple-tons-india-28,-rest-world-31 |title=Triple-tons: India 28, rest of world 31 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 November 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 1–4 November 2017
| team1 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 291 (89.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammad Saif (cricketer, born 1996)|Mohammad Saif]] 83 (169)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ishant Sharma]] 3/38 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 269 (87 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Dhruv Shorey]] 98[[not out|*]] (200)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 4/87 (31 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 229 (67.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Akshdeep Nath]] 110 (178)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Navdeep Saini]] 4/46 (15.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 256/6 (72.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Nitish Rana]] 67 (110)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Mohammad Saif (cricketer, born 1996)|Mohammad Saif]] 2/20 (6.1 overs)

| venue = [[Palam A Stadium|Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Umesh Dubey]] and [[Rohan Pandit]]
| motm = [[Akshdeep Nath]] (Delhi)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118649.html Scorecard]
| result = Delhi won by 4 wickets
| notes = Play was stopped towards the end of day 3 after a man drove his car onto the pitch.<ref name="car">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1125322.html |title=Ranji game halted as man drives onto the pitch in Delhi |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=3 November 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2017}}</ref>
}}

===Round 5===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 November 2017
| team1 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| team2 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 349 (73.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 133 (118)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rajjakuddin Ahmed]] 3/103 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 318 (108.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sib Sankar Roy]] 72 (129)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 5/54 (32 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 357/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (86.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Umang Sharma]] 148 (235)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Abu Nechim]] 2/58 (14.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 148/4 (55 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Gokul Sharma]] 62 (103)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] 3/52 (21 overs)

| venue = [[Barsapara Cricket Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
| toss = Assam won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Saiyed Khalid]] and [[Sivasubramaniyan Shankar]]
| motm = [[Saurabh Kumar (cricketer)|Saurabh Kumar]] (Uttar Pradesh)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118663.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Rajjakuddin Ahmed]] (Assam) and [[Abhishek Goswami]] (Uttar Pradesh) both made their first-class debuts.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 November 2017
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 649 (172.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mayank Agarwal]] 176 (250)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Manan Sharma]] 3/151 (37 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 301 (95 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Gautam Gambhir]] 144 (244)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Abhimanyu Mithun]] 5/70 (23 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 235/3 (63 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[KL Rahul]] 92 (109)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Navdeep Saini]] 1/28 (9 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[KSCA Cricket Ground]], [[Bengaluru]]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Stephen Harris (umpire)|Stephen Harris]] and [[Vineet Kulkarni]]
| motm = [[Stuart Binny]] (Karnataka)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118660.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes =
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 9–12 November 2017
| team1 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| team2 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 481 (155.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Rohit Motwani]] 189 (328)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Amit Mishra (cricketer, born 1988)|Amit Mishra]] 4/98 (32.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 381 (131.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Pratham Singh]] 73 (154)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chirag Khurana]] 2/58 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 186/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (37 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Naushad Shaikh]] 40 (32)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Karan Thakur]] 3/43 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 54/1 (18 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Saurabh Wakaskar]] 23[[not out|*]] (57)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Chirag Khurana]] 1/16 (7 overs)

| venue = [[Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Pune]]
| toss = Railways won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Chirra Ravikanthreddy]] and [[Virender Sharma]]
| motm = [[Rohit Motwani]] (Maharashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118662.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Mukesh Choudhary]] (Maharashtra) and [[Pratham Singh]] (Railways) both made their first-class debuts.
}}

===Round 6===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 November 2017
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 655 (186.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Manish Pandey]] 238 (301)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Imtiyaz Ahmed]] 6/110 (32.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 331 (84 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Umang Sharma]] 89 (158)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shreyas Gopal]] 3/63 (12 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 262/0 (59 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Mayank Agarwal]] 133[[not out|*]] (171)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = [[Green Park Stadium]], [[Kanpur]]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] and [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]]
| motm =
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118673.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Dega Nischal]] (Karnataka) scored his maiden first-class century.<ref name="Nischal100">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118674/day/2/ |title=Bruising Pandey double-ton flattens Uttar Pradesh |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=18 November 2017 |accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 November 2017
| team1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| team2 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 326 (90.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Bavanaka Sandeep]] 84 (122)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Arup Das]] 5/112 (28.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 136 (48.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Gokul Sharma]] 39 (72)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Mohammad Muddassir]] 5/36 (11.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 144/6 (39 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ambati Rayudu]] 52[[not out|*]] (73)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Arup Das]] 2/21 (7 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 331 (109 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Amit Sinha]] 122 (233)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sudeep Tyagi]] 3/34 (16 overs)

| venue = [[Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
| toss = Assam won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Sudhir Asnani]] and [[Tapan Sharma]]
| motm = [[Ambati Rayudu]] (Hyderabad)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118674.html Scorecard]
| result = Hyderabad won by 4 wickets
| notes = [[Rajat Khan]], [[Riyan Parag]] (Assam) and [[Mohammad Muddassir]] (Hyderabad) all made their first-class debuts.
}}
----
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 17–20 November 2017
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| team2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 419 (111.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Nitish Rana]] 174 (264)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Satyajeet Bachhav]] 4/87 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 99 (35 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Chirag Khurana]] 29 (31)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ishant Sharma]] 3/14 (6 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 259 (63.3 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Rahul Tripathi]] 106 (78)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Navdeep Saini]] 4/57 (18 overs)

| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Yeshwant Barde]] and [[Nand Kishore (cricketer, born 1970)|Nand Kishore]]
| motm = [[Nitish Rana]] (Delhi)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118675.html Scorecard]
| result = Delhi won by an innings and 61 runs
| notes = [[Lalit Yadav (Delhi cricketer)|Lalit Yadav]] (Delhi) and [[Shamshuzama Kazi]] (Maharashtra) both made their first-class debuts.
}}

===Round 7===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–28 November 2017
| team1 = [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| team2 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 434 (111 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mayank Agarwal]] 173 (241)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Karan Thakur]] 3/91 (31 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 333 (98.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mahesh Rawat]] 124 (182)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shreyas Gopal]] 4/102 (28.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 275/4[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (71 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Mayank Agarwal]] 134 (178)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Karan Thakur]] 2/68 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 167 (63 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Pratham Singh]] 36 (91)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Krishnappa Gowtham]] 7/72 (26 overs)

| venue = [[Karnail Singh Stadium]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Navdeep Singh (cricketer)|Navdeep Singh]] and [[Rohan Pandit]]
| motm = [[Mayank Agarwal]] (Karnataka)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118685.html Scorecard]
| result = Karnataka won by 209 runs
| notes = [[Vinit Dhulap]] (Railways) made his first-class debut.
* [[Mayank Agarwal]] (Karnataka) scored his fifth first-class century of the season and scored his 1,000th run in a single month.<ref name="AgarwalNov1">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8050/report/1118687/day/3/ |title=Agarwal racks up 1000 runs in season after Karnataka bag lead |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=27 November 2017 |accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="AgarwalNov2">{{cite news |url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/group-a-agarwal-tops-1000-runs-season/280360 |title=Group A: Agarwal tops 1000 runs for season |publisher=Wisden India |date=27 November 2017 |accessdate=27 November 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130180943/http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/group-a-agarwal-tops-1000-runs-season/280360 |archivedate=30 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–28 November 2017
| team1 = [[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| team2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 279 (66.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Gokul Sharma]] 87 (141)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Nikit Dhumal]] 5/94 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 253 (68.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ruturaj Gaikwad]] 126 (210)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Rahul Singh (cricketer, born 1997)|Rahul Singh]] 4/63 (14.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 189 (63.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Rishav Das]] 35 (56)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Pradeep Dadhe]] 5/51 (17.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 216/3 (47.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Naushad Shaikh]] 108[[not out|*]] (105)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Rajat Khan]] 1/31 (3 overs)

| venue = [[Pune Club Ground]], [[Pune]]
| toss = Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
| umpires = [[Puttarangaiah Jayapal]] and [[Chirra Ravikanthreddy]]
| motm = [[Naushad Shaikh]] (Maharashtra)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118686.html Scorecard]
| result = Maharashtra won by 7 wickets
| notes = [[Abhishek Thakuri]] (Assam) made his first-class debut.
* [[Pradeep Dadhe]] (Maharashtra) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="AgarwalNov1"/>
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 25–28 November 2017
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 415 (107.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Himmat Singh (cricketer)|Himmat Singh]] 99 (151)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mehdi Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mehdi Hasan]] 3/103 (27.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 205 (74.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Tanmay Agarwal]] 63 (159)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Vikas Mishra]] 4/36 (10.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 442/8 (155.1 overs) ([[follow-on|f/o]])
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Akshath Reddy]] 107 (235)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Vikas Mishra]] 5/116 (34 overs)

| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and elected to bat.
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] and [[Pashchim Pathak]]
| motm = [[Vikas Mishra]] (Delhi)
| rain =
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118687.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn
| notes = [[Palakodeti Sairam]] (Hyderabad), [[Kunal Chandela]] and [[Akash Sudan]] (Delhi) all made their first-class debuts.
}}

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